8-letter words containing d, o, r, m
- headroom — Nautical. the clear space between two decks.
- homebird — a person who is reluctant to leave their hometown or their childhood home, or who returns after a period of living away
- homebred — bred or raised at home; native; indigenous; domestic.
- homeward — Also, homewards. toward home.
- horn-mad — furiously enraged; intensely angry.
- humidors — Plural form of humidor.
- humoured — Simple past tense and past participle of humour.
- hydromel — a liquor consisting of honey and water that, when fermented, becomes mead.
- hypoderm — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- ideogram — a written symbol that represents an idea or object directly rather than a particular word or speech sound, as a Chinese character.
- idiogram — Karyogram.
- implored — Simple past tense and past participle of implore.
- impolder — to make into a polder; reclaim (land) from the sea
- imported — to bring in (merchandise, commodities, workers, etc.) from a foreign country for use, sale, processing, reexport, or services.
- improved — to bring into a more desirable or excellent condition: He took vitamins to improve his health.
- informed — having or prepared with information or knowledge; apprised: an informed audience that asked intelligent questions.
- iodoform — a yellowish, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, CHI 3 , analogous to chloroform, and having a penetrating odor: used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- komondor — one of a Hungarian breed of large dogs having a long, matted, white coat, used for herding sheep and as a watchdog.
- landform — a specific geomorphic feature on the surface of the earth, ranging from large-scale features such as plains, plateaus, and mountains to minor features such as hills, valleys, and alluvial fans.
- lemuroid — lemurlike; of the lemur kind.
- lindworm — a wingless, two-legged dragon
- lombardi — Vince(nt Thomas) 1913–70, U.S. football coach.
- lombardo — Guy (Albert) 1902–77, U.S. bandleader, born in Canada.
- lombardy — a region and former kingdom in N Italy. 9190 sq. mi. (23,800 sq. km).
- lord jim — a novel (1900) by Joseph Conrad.
- lt comdr — Lieutenant Commander
- macropod — A plant-eating marsupial mammal of an Australasian family that comprises the kangaroos and wallabies.
- madworts — Plural form of madwort.
- maildrop — A place where postal mail is received and then forwarded to another address, used for anonymity or as a fixed address for somebody who is travelling.
- maindoor — a door giving access to a house from the street
- malgrado — in spite of
- malodour — Alternative spelling of malodor.
- mandator — a person who gives a mandate.
- mandorla — A pointed oval figure used as an architectural feature and as an aureole enclosing figures such as Jesus Christ or the Virgin Mary in medieval art.
- maradona — Diego (dɪˈeɪɡəʊ) (Armando). born 1960, Argentinian footballer and manager: his clubs included Argentinos Juniors, Boca Juniors, Barcelona, and Napoli; scored 34 goals in 91 internationals (1977–94); under his captaincy Argentina won the World Cup in 1986
- marigold — any of several chiefly golden-flowered composite plants, especially of the genus Tagetes, as T. erecta, having strong-scented foliage and yielding an oil that repels root parasites.
- markdown — a reduction in price, usually to encourage buying.
- marooned — to put ashore and abandon on a desolate island or coast by way of punishment or the like, as was done by buccaneers.
- matadora — A female matador.
- matadore — Dated form of matador.
- matadors — Plural form of matador.
- mazdoors — Plural form of mazdoor.
- mediator — a person who mediates, especially between parties at variance.
- mediocer — Obsolete form of mediocre.
- mediocre — of only ordinary or moderate quality; neither good nor bad; barely adequate: The car gets only mediocre mileage, but it's fun to drive. Synonyms: undistinguished, commonplace, pedestrian, everyday; run-of-the-mill. Antonyms: extraordinary, superior, uncommon, incomparable.
- memoried — having a memory (usually used in combination): short-memoried; long-memoried.
- mentored — a wise and trusted counselor or teacher.
- merodach — Marduk.
- mesoderm — the middle germ layer of a metazoan embryo.
- messidor — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the tenth month of the year, extending from June 19 to July 18.